Depending on the final price and difficulty, could be a good game to play with friends. Probably better to play with strangers though. 1. The 4-player limit means that only one or two players can reasonably be slacking, so most your friends need to try to play the game for you to actually win. 2. This game requires a simple level of team coordination and moderate brain usage, most friend groups could never. As long as ALL of your friends have a triple digit IQ you should be fine. This is not a real sub sim . Really, imagine the design philosophy of roadside research (friendslop) applied to a sub sim. if you want a real sub experience, look to uBoat, Silent Hunter, or even Wolf Pack for multiplayer experience. This game is very gamey. overall: solid game. excited to play the full game.
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The demo of S.O.N.A.R. - Submarine Operators Not Actually Ready. Every figure here is from the demo’s own reviews.
One of the 25 demos in our October 2026 Next Fest report
93%Very Positive
of all 134 reviews on Steam89%▼ 4
recommend the game, last 7 days37▲ 28%
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Recommended, last 7 days33Not recommended, last 7 days4Recommend the game, last 7 days89%
| Day | Recommended | Not recommended | Recommending the game |
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| 12 October, 7 days before | 7 | 1 | too few |
| 13 October, 7 days before | 1 | 0 | too few |
| 14 October, 7 days before | 4 | 0 | too few |
| 15 October, 7 days before | 3 | 0 | too few |
| 16 October, 7 days before | 3 | 1 | too few |
| 17 October, 7 days before | 4 | 0 | too few |
| 18 October, 7 days before | 5 | 0 | too few |
| 19 October, last 7 days | 4 | 0 | too few |
| 20 October, last 7 days | 6 | 0 | too few |
| 21 October, last 7 days | 4 | 0 | too few |
| 22 October, last 7 days | 6 | 2 | too few |
| 23 October, last 7 days | 1 | 1 | too few |
| 24 October, last 7 days | 5 | 0 | too few |
| 25 October, last 7 days | 7 | 1 | too few |
Most helpful reviews, 19 to 25 October
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It was quite mid the idea is cool kind of like Barotruama but 3d . The one issue is there is nothing to do in the demo 2 missions that take such little time
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| Language | Reviews | Share | Players recommending the gameThe line marks all languages together, 93%. The chip shows how far each language is above or below it. |
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| English | 50 | 37% | 96%+3 |
| Simplified Chinese | 24 | 18% | 83%−10 |
| Russian | 23 | 17% | 100%+7 |
| German | 8 | 6% | |
| Spanish | 5 | 4% | |
| French | 5 | 4% | |
| Turkish | 5 | 4% | |
| Portuguese - Brazil | 4 | 3% | |
| Other languages | 10 | 7% |
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